The Real Story Wrap: October 24:
Stocks on Wall Street finished another day of teeth-grinding volatility with losses Friday, as forced liquidations continued and fear of a global economic slowdown intensified.

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Some likely takeover candidates according to Liesman are National City Corp [NCC], KeyCorp [KEY], Comerica [CMA] and First Horizon [FHN]. But this isn’t a slam dunk in my opinion, Liesman concludes.

Cramer: Look for More Bank Mergers:
The latest rescue plan will probably spur some bank deals, says Jim Cramer.

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Seems like the bank-buying spree has begun in earnest and all of the regionals could now go: Comerica (CMA), First Horizon (FHN), National City (NCC), Suntrust (STI). They can all be bought by Bank of America (BAC), U.S. Bancorp (USB) -- still not heard from -- Goldman Sachs (GS) and JPMorgan (JPM).

think it will soar

Cramer: Too Early to Buy Regional Banks:
Jim Cramer explains why the market uncertainty makes it too early to buy regional banks.

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So you can wreck XL Capital (XL) and Prudential (PRU) and Morgan Stanley (MS) and MetLife (MET) and KeyCorp (KEY) and Fifth Third (FITB) and Nat City (NCC) -- takeover, who are you kidding? -- in a matter of weeks.

Cramer: Focus on the Time Frame:
Jim Cramer stresses to investors that it's all about the five-year time frame.

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Pete Najarian said he is holding onto the regional banks because they will have the “opportunity” going forward. He says the big banks will gobble up names like National City (NCC), Wachovia (WB) and Regions Financial (RF). “I would still buy these names through options are with buying the stocks outright,” he added

good growth potential

Lost Money

Stick a fork in it.

robber barons, thiefs and most of all manipulators destoying american trust in our financial, capitalistic system = traitors

One of the Hardest Hit Ohio and Michigan Bank Stocks

They're heart just isn't in growth. They've got good customer service, but their online tools leave a lot to be desired and they just don't work that extra bit to get my business.

They have a lot of exposure to mtg credit lines to weak companies. With the mtg buy backs at record levels, guess who is left holding the bag?

They won't make it, and noone wants them. :(

sub prime

Terrible fundamentals in already weakened industry

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